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Old 08-21-2015, 03:36 PM
 
Location: Baja Virginia
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I have the right to freely associate. No law can take away fundamental rights and any law that does is not worth wiping my ass with.
Tell it to the Supreme Court.
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Old 08-21-2015, 03:36 PM
 
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Well, sounds like you've got an open & shut case. Let us know when you file the lawsuit and please don't forget to keep us posted on its progress.
Is this how you felt when gay marriage restrictions were upheld in state courts? How about warrant-less searches?
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Old 08-21-2015, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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I have the right to freely associate. No law can take away fundamental rights and any law that does is not worth wiping my ass with.
Then go associate with the KKK and ISIS. No one would give a rats ass. Actually, yes. Go associate with ISIS, please!
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Old 08-21-2015, 03:37 PM
 
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Tell it to the Supreme Court.
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857), was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court

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Old 08-21-2015, 03:38 PM
 
Location: Baja Virginia
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Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857), was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court

And how was that precedent overturned?
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Old 08-21-2015, 03:39 PM
 
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Then go associate with the KKK and ISIS. No one would give a rats ass. Actually, yes. Go associate with ISIS, please!
Are you accusing me of being a member of a hate group or otherwise supporting a hate group? Your intellectual righteousness is breaking down quickly. What a joke.
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Old 08-21-2015, 03:40 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857), was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court

Overturned by the 14th Amendment.
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Old 08-21-2015, 03:40 PM
 
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And how was that precedent overturned?
Hey under your logic eff the slaves in that time frame pre reversal. The supreme court said so so they did not have rights. Government knows all after all.
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Old 08-21-2015, 03:40 PM
 
Location: Baja Virginia
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Overturned by the 14th Amendment.
Well, looks like dpm1 has his work cut out for him, then, doesn't it?
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Old 08-21-2015, 03:41 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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Are you accusing me of being a member of a hate group or otherwise supporting a hate group? Your intellectual righteousness is breaking down quickly. What a joke.
I'm telling you that you have the right to join those groups if you so please. That's your right to associate.
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